Gao Yingshi has always had correspondence with Cao Yu, so Cao Yu has a good understanding of some of Gao Yingshi's ideas. In Cao Yan's view, Gao Situ had always hoped to destroy the relationship between Shuerhaqi and Nurhaci, and even suggested that it would be best to completely separate them.
The word "separation" was used by Gao Pragmatic himself, but Gao Pragmatic did not clarify the specific meaning of "separation". What Cao Yan has been struggling with is whether it is just a matter of the two of them having a grudge and being unable to work together, or whether they need to be separated directly and divided into two parts?
At first, Cao Yan believed that Gao Pragmatic meant the former. After all, Gao Pragmatic had never given any explicit hint about the change of Shuerhaqi's official position. But things are different now. The holy intention conveyed by Gao Pragmatic privately is for Shuerhaqi to replace Nurhachi as the commander of Jianzhou Left Guard.
This is the strangest thing in Cao Yan's opinion, because he was very clear about Gao's pragmatic thinking, which was to have the Su Ke Su Hu River tribe with the power to restrain Nurhachi. This is also the significance of winning over Shuerhaqi. .
But if Shuerhaqi directly replaces Nurhachi, how different will it be from Nurhaci taking sole control of the Suksuhu River Department?
According to Cao Yuan's understanding, Gao Situ probably believed that the Su Ke Su Hu River Tribe's combat effectiveness was very strong, and at the same time, its expansion momentum in the past few years was too rapid. If it was not curbed, it would probably become the strongest Jurchen tribe in a few years. Chief.
In the past, the Ming Dynasty was not worried about the emergence of the most powerful Jurchen chieftain, but the problem was that the "strength" of the Su Kesu Huhe tribe was fundamentally different from the previous Hada and the current Ye He.
Hada and Yehe are mainly strong in trade. In the early years, Hada had the best geographical location, and An Anxin acted as an agent for the Ming Dynasty and obtained a large number of imperial edicts, so it was as wealthy as Manchuria. If other ministries wanted to obtain various necessities for production and life from Ming Dynasty, they could only show their favor to Hada and eat some leftovers from Hada's fingers. Therefore, Wan Khan of Hada became the "Lord of Manchuria".
Ye He's rise has two factors, internal and external. The external reason is that Wan Khan was extravagant in his later years and the "domestic demand" was too large and he was unwilling to benefit other departments. There is a saying that those who eat alone will die. The transformation of Hada has caused various departments to become alienated from each other. Even some people within Hada continued to turn against Ye He, causing Hada's prestige to plummet and its strength to decline day by day;
The internal cause was that Ye He's two Bailes, Yang Ji Ni and Qing Jia Ni, worked hard to manage, and they discovered Ye He's real advantage - the abundance of horses compared to the Jurchens. So Ye He vigorously developed the caravan to take advantage of the business that Hada did not take into account. In short, he was acting as a second-tier dealer.
The change of situation is this: Hada has a good geographical location and many imperial books in hand, so they only need to sit at home and wait for other ministries to deliver their goods, and then they can trade with Daming, and they will be able to live a good life.
Ye He took a different approach. You sit at home and wait for the goods to be received. I can't compare with this advantage. Then I will be a little tired and go to work in logistics. Now, you control the sales network and I control the logistics network. Then I am your upstream. If I announce the cessation of supply, you will have no choice but to eat ashes.
And Ye He didn't stop there. While they controlled the upstream trade, they also took advantage of Hada's continued decline to directly rob the downstream, that is, to seize the imperial edict.
In addition, don’t forget that although Hada’s Nanguan is in the best location, Yehe’s Beiguan cannot be said to be much worse. Taken together, Ye He's rise is inevitable.
However, no matter what, the rise of Hada or Yehe relies on trade rather than war. In other words, although their power cannot be said to be fake, it can only be regarded as vine-like power. The hero behind their seemingly powerful power is actually Daming - Daming is the one surrounded by these vines. That towering tree.
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Such a powerful person, as long as he leaves the Ming Dynasty, he will be immediately knocked back to his original form.
Gao Pragmatic obviously knew this very well, so when Hada was so poor that it was impossible to recover, he immediately supported Ye He without hesitation - since the premise of Ye He's strength was that he had to rely on the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty certainly did not need to worry too much about Ye He. The tail is too big to fall off.
However, the Sukeshu River tribe, or Nurhaci, is different. Although the Sukeshu River Tribe also controls a large trade node, Guanma City in Fushun, although Nurhaci relies on the support of this node to obtain benefits, he does not entirely rely on this node to rise.
In the early days of Nurhaci, because his wife Tongjia Haha Nazhaqing was from a wealthy Jurchen trading family, after the success of the conquest of Nikanwailan in the early stage of the army, he received strong support from the Tongjia family, plus the Fushun Guanma The profits from the city gave him the strength to carry out military expansion.
Nurhaci's expansion was a real expansion of territory, a victory over one part and the occupation of one part, rather than the simple expansion of influence like Hada and Yehe who accepted the submission of other parts but did not occupy or actually control it. The old land of Nikanwailan, Hunhe tribe, Zhechen tribe, etc. were all directly annexed by Nurhachi.
From a governance perspective, direct annexation may have historically produced some adverse reactions, but this was not obvious in the Nurhaci area at this time. The reason actually has a lot to do with the separatist situation in the Jurchen region at this time.
There is a famous saying at the beginning of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Speaking of the general trend of the world, if we divide for a long time, we must unite, and if we unite for a long time, we must divide." The current situation of the Jurchens is actually in line with the saying "If they are divided for a long time, they must unite."
From the perspective of the entire history, the "Jurchen" ethnic group first emerged in the Liao Dynasty, became stronger in the Jin Dynasty, and declined in the Yuan Dynasty. If it should have a future, it should be "revived in the Ming Dynasty" just like in the original history.
And this revival must not have happened for no reason. It has its historical necessity, that is to say, there is a social basis for its emergence.
What is this social basis? Of course, it is the people's heart, and it is the inner expectation of most Jurchens for a real "Manchukuo".
The Jurchens also know that their "ancestors have been rich before", and psychologically they inevitably have the expectation of rising again. At the same time, the divided Jurchen tribes seriously hindered economic development and brought wars from time to time, which made the Jurchens look forward to the emergence of a unified Manchukuo.
They hope that the Jurchens can unite and trade freely instead of having to pay similar tariffs to each "country" they pass through; they hope that the united Manchukuo will have the strength to have equal dialogue and trade with the Ming Dynasty, or at least relatively equal dialogue and trade. I won't get beaten easily.
In the original history, why did Nurhaci couldn't wait to rebel against the Ming Dynasty after he unified the Jurchens? The above public expectations are also a part that must not be ignored. Similarly, the stability of his internal rule is also complementary to this expectation, and the victory in the Battle of Saarhu strengthened this stability.
As the saying goes, tall buildings rise from the ground. The overall expectation of Jurchen society is Nurhachi's solid "flat ground". Now, although he has not yet reached that level, due to his strength and outstanding military performance, the places he conquered and the Jurchen people also have similar expectations, so his internal rule has not Not many adverse reactions.
However, as the saying goes, "One's nectar is another's arsenic." Gao Pragmatic is not a Jurchen. His greatest sense of self-responsibility in this life is to prevent the Jurchens from entering the country barbarically, causing Han civilization to lag behind the West. Therefore, what the Jurchens hope for is what he opposes. The Jurchens hope to unify and make the Ming Dynasty pay for what they have done in the past two hundred years, so being pragmatic will make them unable to achieve their wishes.
Although Cao Yan didn't know Gao Jingshi's innermost thoughts, he could infer from various details Gao Jingshi's restrictive mentality towards Su Kesu's Huhe tribe.
Isn’t the Su Ke Su Hu River Department expanding rapidly? So Gao Pragmatic would not allow him to go north to Hada and Yehe, nor would he go south to Dong'e.
Isn’t the Su Kesu Huhe tribe strong in combat? So Gao Pragmatism created divisions within them, and deliberately tried to win over Shuerhaqi and make their brothers fight against each other.
In addition to strict trade restrictions, Gao pragmatism has used various means of restriction and disintegration. As for trade restrictions, Cao Yan's understanding is that Gao Situ doesn't like this lose-lose method - although the other side must be more unlucky, killing three thousand enemies and losing eight hundred is obviously not what Gao Situ likes.
In this case, the emperor now wants Shuerhaqi to replace Nurhachi. This should not be the ideal result in Gao Situ's heart, because this is only a personal punishment for Nurhachi and will not increase the strength of the Su Kesu River Tribe. decline.
With Nurhaci, the big bele, Shuerhaqi, as the second bele, of course listens to Ming's call, but what if Nurhaci is no longer there? Whether Shuerhaqi will continue to be obedient and willing to be the second Wanhan, I am afraid no one dares to say for sure.
Therefore, after much thought, Cao Yu still felt that something was wrong. If he just carried out the emperor's wishes, Gao Situ might not be satisfied. If you want to satisfy both the emperor and Gao Situ, you may need some means.
However, Cao Yan obviously knew more about the situation than Ma Chengxun. Ma Chengxun did not react when he heard this. He was a little surprised and said: "Isn't it best for them to fight against each other as brothers? What if they did it in the city? If we get up, we will save a lot of hands and feet."
Of course Cao Yan understood this, but Ma Chengxun's ideas came entirely from the military level. Since he didn't know Gao Pragmatic's intentions, he naturally couldn't think of the political issues.
However, Cao Yu couldn't explain it to him, so he had to say: "The purpose of sending troops this time was not to eliminate the Su Kesu Huhe tribe, but to make them honest - Ma Shenrong, you need to know the Jurchen Dingkou version It’s limited, but my Ming Dynasty still has a huge demand for certain Jurchen specialties.
For example, Su Ke Su Hu He tribe, they are our top source of ginseng. You must understand that the biggest consumer of ginseng is in the capital. Once the three of us kill the Su Kesu River tribe and bleed into rivers, what will happen if no one digs for ginseng? If the source of this ginseng is unstable... our reputation in Beijing will be terrible. "
Ma Chengxun was stunned. He had never thought about such a stupid thing. However, he could still understand what Cao Yan said. Although everyone could theoretically do the work of digging ginseng, it was not actually possible. The Jurchens live here all year round, and many of them even rely on this work for a living. They are already familiar with the job, but it is not necessarily the case for the Han people.
Besides, even the Han people are capable, but in fact there are not many Han people in Liaodong. The entire Liaodong was considered a vast and sparsely populated place in the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, Gao Situ has built many new industries in Liaodong, everywhere here and there. There is a shortage of people. How can the Han people have the free time to dig ginseng?
Not everyone dares to enter the old forests of Changbai Mountain. There are many wild animals on the mountain these days. If an experienced hunter enters the mountain, he will probably not be able to get out. The Han people have plenty of stable employment opportunities, so why should they take such a risk? Even in later generations, there was talk of the transfer of low-end industries. Of course, a similar situation existed in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty at this time.
When it came to horse warfare, Ma Chengxun was the best at it. When it came to government affairs, he was confused. After thinking for a long time, he had no idea, so he had a headache and said: "That's troublesome. The battle has to be won. Can't we kill more people? Then let's Where should I get this rat-tailed head?"
Good guy, it seems that in this guy's eyes, the only purpose of a Jurchen's head is to exchange for military merit.
Qi Jin, who was usually a man of few ruthless words, spoke up at this time and said, "It's true, Nurhaci is very arrogant. The general originally planned to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson."
Cao Yan knew that Qi Jin had a bad impression of Nurhaci, which was caused by Nurhaci's pursuit of Nikan Wailan. After Nikan Wailan fled to the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jin took him in according to Gao Pragmatic's request. Nurhaci was so inflated by his victory at that time that he showed off his power outside Fushun Pass. After Qi Jin rushed to Fushun Pass from Shenyang, he almost left the pass in anger to meet Nurhaci. Because of this old incident, Qi Jin has always disliked Nurhachi, and always wanted to find opportunities to evaluate the Jurchen chief's abilities.
Seeing that the two of them were getting further and further away from each other, Cao Yan quickly brought the topic back and asked Ma Chengxun, "Did Shuerhaqi only talk about these situations?"
Ma Chengxun shook his head hurriedly and said: "That's not true, there is another important matter. I was just planning to report it to the general for decision."
"What's the matter?" Cao Yu asked immediately.
Ma Chengxun looked around, then at the door of the tent, and subconsciously lowered his voice and said: "Shulhaqi said that since my three-pronged army has become more and more tight around him, Nurhaci has become more and more suspicious of him. He He always felt that Nurhaci wanted to kill him and take back the military power in his hands, so he wanted to surrender."
Cao Yu and Qi Jin were both a little surprised. They looked at each other and saw a lot of doubts in each other's eyes, so Cao Yu asked Ma Chengxun: "Surrender now? The soldiers and horses he controls are stationed around Nurhaci." How can he surrender at this time? He won't be causing trouble in the city and taking advantage of the situation to open the city gate and let my army enter the city, right?"
Qi Jin also nodded and added: "That's right, especially since both his father and grandfather died in Gule Village like this..."
Ma Chengxun shook his head and said: "That's not true, Shuerhaqi had other ideas. He said that Nurhaci knew that this battle would be difficult. If the two brothers were suspicious of each other, there would definitely be no hope of victory in this battle, so he deliberately I went to talk to him."
"If they don't suspect each other, do they have any hope of victory?" Cao Yan snorted slightly and asked: "What did Nurhachi say?"
Ma Chengxun said: "Nurhaci is naturally moved by emotion and rationally... Those are all nonsense. I can't remember them anymore. In short, the final meaning is that Hetuala has two gates in the southeast. Let's They must be attacking these two gates, so each of their brothers is guarding one gate..."
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